Puhl. 26. II. 1935. 
ARAEOPTERA; EUBLEMMISTIS; OEDIBLEMMA. By M. Gaede. 
M. cinerosa B.-Bak. Thorax jjale red-browii. Forewing ash-grey, with a fine undulate median line from c'mero.m. 
which, in the suhmedian fold, a fine horseshoe-shaped dark line proceeds. Ring-macula finely edged dark brown, 
reniform macula less distinct. Exterior line directly behind it, very fine, dark, somewhat undulate, and 2 rows 
of dark blurred spots behind it. A brownish ochreous si)ot at the apex is surrounded by red. Marginal area 
brownish ochreous. Hindwing greyish-white, broadly brownish at the margin. $ 27 mm. East Africa. 
Subfamily: Erastriinae. 
The proboscis is mostly present. Palpi almost invariably erect. Frons sometimes with a round pro¬ 
jection. Eyes bare. Tibiae without spines. Abdomen almost invariably without tufts. Mostly small delicate 
insects, often variegated. Vein 5 of the hindwing arises typically below the centre of the cross-vein and is almost 
as strong as the others. The larvae exhibit the anterior two pairs of abdominal legs stunted. A considerable 
part of the very great number of species known occur in Africa. Relatively many of these small insects whicli 
are not strong on the wing are distributed far to the east, some as far as Australia. This may be explained by 
the fact that thousands of years were at disposal for this expansion. It may be also that storms assisted in it. 
1. Genus: Araeoptera Hmps. 
Proboscis normal, second palpal joint reaching the frons. A small tuft of scales is at the basal joint 
of the antenna. Tibiae wdth long spurs. Forewing narrow. Veins 3 -|- 4 stalked and 11 + I + Id + 8 -{- 9. 
Hindwing; veins 3-1-4 and 6 + 7 on short stalks. Type; 'pictalis Hmps. from Ceylon. 
A. obliquifascia Joann. (12 a). Body whitish, abdomen somewhat flesh-coloured in the middle, brownish obliquifa.<i- 
at the end. Forewing yellowish white. Interior line black, somewhat undulate, obliquely inwards. Median 
area dark brown, triangular, the apex situate at the costal margin and extending to the anal angle. A black 
spot at the upper cell-angle and tracer of a curved exterior line. Marginal area lighter greyish-brown, a some¬ 
what darker spot behind the cell. Hindwing whitish at the base, the rest grey. A dark median band is ex- 
curved behind the cell, bent towards the anal angle at the inner margin. $ 14 mm. Mauritius. 
A. griseata Hmjis. (12 a). The species is described from India, a $ is said to have come from Sierra {/riscain. 
Leone. Body and wings pale red-brown. Forewing with a few black dots at the costal margin, in the cell and 
below it. Exterior line dark brown, indistinct, only discernible in the inner-marginal half. Traces of a light 
submarginal line edged with brown. Black marginal streaks. Hindwing wdth a black central dot, the exterior 
line fine, undulate, black. Black marginal dots. 8—-12 mm. 
A. canescens Wkr. (= favillalis Wkr.). Body and wings white, slightly tinged with greyish-brown, camscens. 
Forewing with browm oblique, rather straight lines. Interior line composed of 2 spots, 4 more lines proceed 
from the centre and begin with black dots. Hindwing with 3 blackish lines near the base. Both wings with 
black marginal dots. 10 mm. The species occurs in Sierra Leone and Nigeria, but also in Australia. 
A. ecphaea Hm-ps. Thorax brownish white, abdomen blackish. Forewdng whitish red-brown, costal ecphaea. 
margin with alternately black and wdiite fine streaks. Fine black dots at the lower cell-angle and behind it. 
Submarginal line white, edged outside with a faded blackish colour. Hindwing whitish, dusted black. Fringe 
white and browm. $ 10 mm. Nigeria. 
2. Genus: £iiblemmi!stis Hmps. 
Proboscis stunted, palpi porrect. Antennae of serrate and tufted. Tibiae feebly hairy. Forewing 
with a pointed apex, veins 10 -|- 7 -j- 8 -j- 9 stalked. Vein 5 of hindwing from a little below the middle of the 
cross-vein, rather well developed. 
E. chlorozonea Hwjps. Body and forewdng wdiitish olive brown with black scales. Costal margin pale chlorozn- 
olive green, also the undulate interior line; 2 black discal dots. Exterior line olive green, double, indistinct, 
introangular in the submedian fold almost as far as the interior line. Black marginal dots and streaks. Fringe 
olive green wdth 2 black dots in the middle. Hindwdng wdiite with a faded olive green exterior and submarginal 
band. Fringe likewise olive green. 20—26 mm. Natal. 
3. Genus: Oecliblemma Hmps. 
Proboscis stunted, palpi projecting by Ijd length of the head, hairy above and below. Frons wdth a 
large round projection. Antennae of $ ciliated. Forewing somewhat pointed at the apex, convex between 
veins 3 and 5, concave again below it. Veins 3-1-4 and 7 -j- 8 -f 9 -(- 10 stalked. Hindwing j^ointed at veins 
7 and 2, excurved at veins 4 and 3, hollowed out below" them. Veins 3 -|- 4 stalked, 5 feebler from below' the 
middle of the cross-vein. 
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